Lesson 30
Definitions
1. affront
Synonyms >>
an offensive act or word; an offense to one's dignity or self-respect
uh FRONT
impertinence, contumely, scorn, indignity, abuse, outrage,
Antonym >>
I considered his rude remarks a personal affront.
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2. alcove
affrontedly, affrontedness, affronter, affrontingly, affrontiveness
a partially enclosed extension of a room or part of a room
AL kove
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Antonym >>
An alcove is to a room as an inlet is to a lake.
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3. blanch
alcoves
to take the color out of, to bleach, to make white
BLANCH
Synonyms >>
Antonym >> to color
It is popular to blanch new blue jeans before wearing them.
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4. champion
blancher, blanched
CHAM pee un
to defend or to support
Synonyms >>
Antonym >> to persecute
The senator championed the cause of the homeless.
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5. compress
Synonyms >>
championship, championless, championlike, championed, championing
kum PRESS
to contract, to reduce in size or volume
condense, constrict, contract, deflate
Antonym >> to expand
Farmers now have machines to compress hay into bales.
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6. convivial
Synonyms >>
compressible, compressibility, compressed, compression, compressive, compressor, compressively,
kun VIV ee ul
fond of good company and of festivity
friendly, sociable
Antonym >> unsociable
He was of the convivial sort, fond of people, parties, and pleasures.
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7.
conviviality, convivially, convivium, convivia
dilation
die LAY shun
Synonyms >>
amplification, distention, inflation, swelling
expansion
Antonym >> constriction
Some drugs will cause the dilation of the pupil of the eye.
8.
Derivatives >>
dilate, dilated, dilatedly, dilatedness, dilative
elegiac
el uh JEE uk
mournful, expressing sorrow
Synonyms >>
Antonym >> rejoicing
His elegiac poem about the war deaths moved everyone.
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9.
elegiacal, elegy
exculpate
EK skul pate
Synonyms >>
absolve, acquit, exonerate, vindicate
to clear from blame or guilt
Antonym >> to convict
The governor was petitioned to exculpate the prisoner.
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10. fiasco
exculpation, exculpatory
a total failure and a mess
fee AS ko
Synonyms >>
Antonym >> unqualified success
The man's attempt to run the business was such a fiasco that a small fortune was lost because of his failure.
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11. heedless
fiascoes, fiascos
HEED les
disregarding, thoughtless
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Antonym >> aware; concerned; attentive
He walked on, heedless of the signs warning about the mine field.
Derivatives >>
heed, heeded, heeding, heeds, heedlessly, heedful, heedfully
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12. incisive
very perceptive, clear and to the point
in SIE siv
Synonyms >>
Antonym >> obtuse
His incisive remarks swayed the crowd.
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13. instigation
Synonyms >>
incisively, incisiveness
in stuh GAY shun
urging, provocation; initiation
abetment, fomentation, incitement
Antonym >> dissuasion
This project would never have been attempted without his instigation.
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14. interloper
instigate, instigatingly, instigative, instigator
IN tur lope ur
one who interferes in the affairs or with the rights of others
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Antonym >> ascetic; hermit
As the man tried to work out his difficulties a busy-body interloper jumped in and made matters worse.
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15. labyrinthine
Synonyms >>
interlope
lab uh RIN thin
like a maze, very convoluted and intricate
mazy
Antonym >>
The senator vowed to unravel the labyrinthine welfare bureaucracy.
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16. molt
labyrinth, labyrinthal, labyrinthical, labyrinthian, labyrinthic, labyrinthically
to shed an outer covering such as feathers or skin periodically
MOLT
Synonyms >>
Antonym >>
Feathers are everywhere since my birds are molting.
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17. pariah
molts, molted, molting
an outcast
puh RIE uh
Synonyms >>
Antonym >> accepted citizen
He became a pariah among his friends when he admitted being a Nazi during the war.
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18. philanderer
pariahdom, pariahism
feh LAN dur ur
one who engages in love affairs lightly or insincerely
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Antonym >>
I asked my daughter how she could fall in love with a playboy and a philanderer.
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19. predisposed
philander, philandered, philandering
pree deh SPOZD
inclined toward something in advance
Synonyms >>
Antonym >> objective or neutral
I believe that the judge was predisposed to freeing the man.
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20. quench
predispose, predisposition
to extinguish, to put out; to relieve with liquid
KWENCH
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Antonym >> to stir up
He quenched the hot coals in the barbecue pit with water.
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21. reprobate
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quencher, quenched, quenching, quenchable, quenchableness
REP ruh bate
to disapprove of; a person with no moral principles, a depraved individual
blame, censure, condemn, denounce, reprehend
Antonym >> saint
Some thought that the ax murderer was a reprobate who deserved to die.
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22. salutary
Synonyms >>
reprobation, reprobative, reprobator, reprobatory
SAL yuh ter ee
promoting good health or beneficial effects
salubrious, wholesome
Antonym >> harmful
Your talk has had a salutary effect on your child. His class behavior has really improved.
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23. tenacious
Synonyms >>
salutarily, salutariness
teh NAY shus
persistent, holding fast to a position
mettlesome, resolved
Antonym >> fickle
England was tenacious in its desire not to fall to the Germans.
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24. tenuous
tenaciously, tenaciousness, tenacity
TEN yoo us
flimsy, barely attached
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Antonym >> firm or substantial
His position with the law firm became tenuous when he objected to hiring women.
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25. unfrock
tenuously, tenuousness, tenuity
un FROK
to deprive the right to be in a profession (usually applies to a priest)
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Antonym >> to decorate
The priest was unfrocked as a result of his moral depravity.
Derivatives >>
unfrocked
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